Question

A 12
​-foot
piece of string is cut into two pieces so that the longer piece is 3

feet

longer than twice the shorter piece. If the shorter piece is x feet​ long, find the lengths of both pieces.

Answer 1

The longer string would be Nine feet and the shorter would be three feet? If I understood the question correctly

Nine Minus three is six, divided by two is three. So Nine would be three more than double than three..? 

Answer 2

The shorter piece would be 3 feet long and the longer piece would be 9 feet long.